The states attorney general purpose is about an hour. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please be seated. I appreciate everyone being here. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , my fellow south carolinians, we are here tonight to address successes, challenges and opportunities, but first as in prior years i would like to recognize those in uniform home we lost in the line of duty in 2023. Sergeant ricky green junior of the South Carolina department of corrections. Deputy jacob eric solomon of Richland County sheriffs office. Officer Matthew Logan hill of the Easley Police Department Lieutenant michael charleswood of the Newberry Police department. Specialist jason read haven South Carolina national guard. Firefighter James Michael mueller of the fire department. Canine agent rico with the state Law Enforcement division. I attended that funeral and many others that i can, and when rico had his funeral, i have never seen so many people from the police academy. There wasnt a dry eye in the place. W
The states attorney general purpose is about an hour. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please be seated. I appreciate everyone being here. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , my fellow south carolinians, we are here tonight to address successes, challenges and opportunities, but first as in prior years i would like to recognize those in uniform home we lost in the line of duty in 2023. Sergeant ricky green junior of the South Carolina department of corrections. Deputy jacob eric solomon of Richland County sheriffs office. Officer Matthew Logan hill of the Easley Police Department Lieutenant michael charleswood of the Newberry Police department. Specialist jason read haven South Carolina national guard. Firefighter James Michael mueller of the fire department. Canine agent rico with the state Law Enforcement division. I attended that funeral and many others that i can, and when rico had his funeral, i have never seen so many people from the police academy. There wasnt a dry eye in the place. W
Power system in the northeast and mid atlantic due to increasing Winter Weather events, including the bomb cyclone. I would like to start by calling on the Ranking Member to give her opening statement. Thank you, chair, and good morning to everyone. Im sure that senator murkowski will be here shortly. As some people may know, a 7. 9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of alaska, impacting co kodiak and parts of the Pacific Northwest with tsunami warnings that were issued for activities that were expected, and those warnings for tsunami waves have been recalled but no doubt im sure the senator is dealing with lots of things this morning related to that and other issues. So, impa want to thank our witnesses, chairman mcintyre and mr. Walker, for being here and many of the staffs that people have here that were glad were back in operation. So we look forward to hearing from all our witnesses on the subject of the reliability of the grid. And its performance. Last year, secretary perry
Got a lot to talk about. With 25 bills introduced in time to be a part of todays hearing. I very much appreciate all of the thoughtful proposals and the great work from the staff, both the republican and the democrat side, and i look for to seeing progress as a move to the next few weeks. These legislative initiatives follow the leadership of President Trumps recent efforts on broadband infrastructure. The bills to be examined in this hearing are targeted at promoting the innovation, cutting red tape, and advancing Public Safety. Its impossible in my a lot of time to highlight each bill butt i do want to call attention to a couple of resolutions expressing the Guiding Principles on broadband infrastructure that should underpin our efforts. First, as noted by vice chairman lance, any funds for broadband inan infrastructure package shod go toac unserved areas. Second, as noted by congressman lotta, the federal government should not be picking winners and losers in the marketplace. Any fe
Understand its both federal, commonwealth, and municipality permitting at all levels that needs to be expedited for any private Sector Investment to become a quick recovery. Do you think thats needed . My view is that Economic Growth and fast tracking projects is not inconsistent with being good stewards of the environment. And we have a very robust patriots sess within title 5 within the working group we have set with the government to assure that we the residents f puerto rico let me follow up with you. The i see an example of why title 5 in this instance doesnt work. Mr. Grijalva Public Comments about the project are overwhelming in opposition. Its opposed by both mayors groups, representing all the mayors on the island. It was stalled in part because it couldnt get a permit to drain 2. 1 million gallons from a protected wetland. Farm earns residents are concerned about the effects on their health. That it could undermine recycling programs that are in place. It flooded during the h